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Page 155
... noun denoting a place may be used without a preposition to denote the limit of motion ; B. 182 , 4 ; A. 428 , g ; G.337 , N. 1 ; H. 419 , 3. Note that the initial I of Italia is here used as long . In ; prose , as Quintilian expressly ...
... noun denoting a place may be used without a preposition to denote the limit of motion ; B. 182 , 4 ; A. 428 , g ; G.337 , N. 1 ; H. 419 , 3. Note that the initial I of Italia is here used as long . In ; prose , as Quintilian expressly ...
Page 158
... noun , regnum ; B. 246 , 5 ; A. 296 , a ; G. 211 , R. 5 ; H. 396 , 2. dea : Juno . gentibus : a poetic use of the dative where we should expect the Objective Geni- tive . esse : object infinitive of tendit and fovet . 18. si qua : if in ...
... noun , regnum ; B. 246 , 5 ; A. 296 , a ; G. 211 , R. 5 ; H. 396 , 2. dea : Juno . gentibus : a poetic use of the dative where we should expect the Objective Geni- tive . esse : object infinitive of tendit and fovet . 18. si qua : if in ...
Page 166
... nouns . ... in 115. excutitur : i.e. is dashed from his post . pronusque . caput and is hurled headlong ( in caput ) forward ( pronus ) ; magis- ter , though belonging with both verbs , is placed with the second . This is in accordance ...
... nouns . ... in 115. excutitur : i.e. is dashed from his post . pronusque . caput and is hurled headlong ( in caput ) forward ( pronus ) ; magis- ter , though belonging with both verbs , is placed with the second . This is in accordance ...
Page 169
... noun ; see note on line 114 . 161. sinus reductos : the retired nooks of the shore . sese : i.e. disappears in receding undulations . scindit 162. hinc . hinc on this side . . . on that . rupes : cliffs , extending along the shores ; as ...
... noun ; see note on line 114 . 161. sinus reductos : the retired nooks of the shore . sese : i.e. disappears in receding undulations . scindit 162. hinc . hinc on this side . . . on that . rupes : cliffs , extending along the shores ; as ...
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... noun . pietatis : for the force of this word , see note on pietate , line 10 , and on pius , line 220 . 254. olli : an archaic form equivalent to illi . 255. voltu : with subridens . 257. metu : dative , like curru in line 156 ...
... noun . pietatis : for the force of this word , see note on pietate , line 10 , and on pius , line 220 . 254. olli : an archaic form equivalent to illi . 255. voltu : with subridens . 257. metu : dative , like curru in line 156 ...
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Page xiv - Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh, a marble face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way: To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free: — These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.
Page 126 - Non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit : nunc grege de intacto septem mactare iuvencos praestiterit, totidem lectas de more bidentes.' Talibus affata Aenean (nec sacra morantur 40 iussa viri) Teucros vocat alta in templa sacerdos. Excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, quo lati ducunt aditus centum, ostia centum; unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae. Ventum erat ad limen, cum virgo 'Poscere fata 45 tempus
Page xvi - Chanter of the Pollio, glorying in the blissful years again to be, Summers of the snakeless meadow, unlaborious earth and oarless sea; Thou that seest Universal Nature moved by Universal Mind; Thou majestic in thy sadness at the doubtful doom of human kind...
Page 32 - Bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum Terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Page 83 - At regina dolos (quis fallere possit amantem?) praesensit motusque excepit prima futuros, omnia tuta timens. Eadem impia Fama furenti detulit armari classem cursumque parari. Saevit inops animi totamque incensa per urbem 300 bacchatur, qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias, ubi audito stimulant trieterica Baccho orgia nocturnusque vocat clamore Cithaeron.
Page 84 - ... oro, si quis adhuc precibus locus — exue mentem. Te propter Libycae gentes Nomadumque tyranni 320 odere, infensi Tyrii ; te propter eundem exstinctus pudor, et, qua sola sidera adibam, fama prior. Cui me moribundam deseris, hospes ? Hoc solum nomen quoniam de coniuge restat.
Page 34 - Ille nihil, nec me quaerentem vana moratur, sed graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens, ' Heu fuge, nate dea, teque his, ait, eripe flammis.
Page 64 - Haec loca vi quondam et vasta convolsa ruina (tantum aevi longinqua valet mutare vetustas) 415 dissiluisse feruiit, cum protinus utraque tellus una foret ; venit medio vi pontus et undis Hesperium Siculo latus abscidit arvaque et urbes litore diductas angusto interluit aestu.
Page 79 - Parva metu primo ; mox sese attollit in auras, Ingrediturque solo, et caput inter nubila condit...